Chapter 1870 What is the old man called? I will call him the old man in the future
"Use tactical offense to play, don't be anxious, they are not that good. We just need to calm down. Just play as we did in training. Basketball can never be won simply by forming a team with a few stars."
Popovich looked calm and composed on the tactical board. Perhaps he himself had forgotten that he had left GDP and now that he had lost the stuck version of Jordan in the playoffs, his tactical strength,
He can no longer support his old face of pretending to be cool. Of course, their tactical strength is still very good. Tang Qian does not deny this. They have always been the top in the league in terms of tactical execution. But, if you rely on this alone
If you can beat a dynasty team, then the dynasty team is too worth mentioning.
Especially now that Tang Qian is still very young and has just turned 25, and he directly replaces his teammates with shotguns. What can Popovich do to win? But winning will not satisfy Tang Qian. He must win tonight.
At the same time, he also wants to brutally torture his opponent. This can make him feel happy in his heart and feel that his thoughts are clear.
"Sir, I think they will definitely play tactical ball later. Since the San Antonio team's tactical ball is very powerful, and now the league is in the era of free movement rules, tactics will be easier to come out. So I want to wait and play, fragile cash
Tactics." When Tang Qian said this, Larry Brown was a little surprised and asked: "Tang, are you serious about this? It's not necessary, is it? If we are playing against the Spurs, even if it is a routine operation, we will do the same.
They have a great chance of winning. The first three quarters were fine, but when it comes to the final decisive moment, it’s impossible for them to beat us. At that time, you can just use a wave of super powers to end the game."
"No, sir, it's necessary." Tang Qian has now gradually become accustomed to his status as the strongest player in the alliance, so there is no need for him to tolerate these provocative guys. Besides, in the United States, you either believe in elite education or big fists, which is the last word.
Well. Then I am the biggest fist now, and I am naturally qualified to give the most ruthless education.
Popovich is considered an elite, right? That’s great. In my dictionary, elite education means elite education.
The harder it is, the better.
The more elite you are, the more rigorous your education must be.
Larry Brown suddenly pushed up his glasses and asked seriously: "Why, he asked you to go to San Antonio again?"
What? What is this and what? Tang Qian was still in a daze, and his loyal brother, Yang Shaoxia, came over and whispered: "Boss Tang, this is Mr. Larry Brown being jealous. He doesn't want you to leave."
"Well, why are you so jealous? I have a contract now, okay? Well, by the way, in this day and age, what if I have a contract? I can still leave.
This is already an era of full commercialization where loyalty and loyalty don't matter.
So thinking about it this way, he understood Larry Brown's worries, but before Tang Qian could speak, Larry Brown said: "Let me tell you, Tang, I know everything he knows. I
He may not know what you know. And he is an alcoholic. I regretted accepting him as my apprentice. If you want to find a famous teacher, you don’t have to look far away, and you don’t have to go around the teacher to find an apprentice."
Well, actually, I have no such plan, Mr. Brown. But seeing Larry Brown's extremely serious expression, Tang Qian could only nod along with the atmosphere and said: "Yes, sir, I
Understand, we Chinese, generally as long as the management of a team does not treat us badly, we will not easily move. This is different from Westerners. You see, Yao Ming has never left Houston.
"After saying this, Larry Brown seemed to think it made sense, and then said: "Okay, since you want to do this, then do it. You want to kill them all in one go tonight, right?
Okay, let's wait for you + Paul + Russell + Rob Porter + Jimmy's lineup. Russell, if your defense is not good tonight, then I will let our 'little mad dog' Mr. Hebei play.
Position 1 is ready."
As soon as he said this, Westbrook suddenly got excited. He grabbed his neck and patted his chest, saying that he could definitely prevent it.
In fact, Westbrook's defense has always been good, his physical fitness is superb, and he started on defense in college. In addition, he occasionally defends against opponents, so as long as he has the physical fitness and does not need to do everything, then he can improve his defense, as long as he is willing.
, that’s all okay. After Larry Brown finished his provocation, he looked at Tang Qian and seemed to blink, and said, “That should be all right. Just do what you want to do.”
Tang Qian couldn't help but laugh when he saw Larry Brown's serious face. But seeing the atmosphere rising, he said, "Okay, let me go and kill my opponent. Los Angeles~~~GOGOGO~"
As soon as they came up here, the Spurs used a wave of through and reverse tactics, and at the same time cooperated with skillful screens, so that the quality of their tactical execution was very high. If there were no free movement rules, then the Lakers could also stop them.
After all, they still have mostly substitutes at the moment. The effect should be immediate. But this season's rule has once again severely damaged the defensive team's vitality, so there is no other way. They can only bite the bullet and adapt. Of course, this style of play is so
This is also one of Popovich's characteristics. In order to give the main players rest time, he usually uses substitute players to use tactical balls to deal with the opponent. No matter what the opponent's lineup is, he will do this. In this way, he not only reflects his
His style reflects his spirit of taking care of the core and main force. From this point of view, he seems to have the demeanor of a famous commander.
And he also believes that the players he personally trained are definitely not bad.
Even role and bench players!
How many outstanding players with low picks have been taken out by the Spurs? Even the Spurs are synonymous with strict discipline and high level of tactical literacy in the league. Do you think he will drift away? What about Larry Brown?
He has long since ignored any teacher. He even thinks that if he were given Jordan, Kobe and O'Neal, he could do better than the Zen Master.
The aura of being the number one coach in the league has already made this old drunkard more and more arrogant.
You can get this from Popovich’s coaching interviews over the years.
The key is that everyone on the team believes in him and trusts him, which adds a halo to his commanding ability. Sometimes it has a psychological optimization effect on ordinary players.
For example, in this ball, the Spurs' Patrick Mills believed in Popovich's tactical settings, so he was meticulous in executing it.
First, it was a corner position, and then positions 4 and 5 began to take turns to move up. Position 3 sank into the corner. After breaking through with the help of the pick-and-roll, he immediately gave his teammate in the corner. Cunningham made a fake move and attracted again.
Then he immediately gave the ball to Davis Beilstein who came straight from the weak side. An opportunity came up? Beilstein's three-pointers are very stable. In his four-year career, his three-point shooting percentage exceeded 40%! Absolutely.
The big outside shooter level! But the Lakers are not weaklings. According to the rules promulgated by the league this season, Larry Brown quickly adjusted the defensive mode in the pre-game training camp. From a defensive mode with strong physical confrontation
It has become a defensive model that relies on footwork and flexibility to rotate and reduce loss of position.
In the past, the Lakers' defense had a lot of delays and was very physical without the ball. But now, the league has banned it, so he can't change it, so he can only adjust and adapt. Natural selection, the fittest.
Survival is how people survive in the great competition of species, let alone a group of professional basketball players? Do you really think that Larry Brown has been coaching professional basketball since the 1970s, and during that period, college basketball also reached the top. Like this
How can a person face so many rule changes in his lifetime? How can he not adapt to the rules? In other words, he is adapting to the new rules of basketball and the new development of basketball. There is nothing wrong with it.
So for this ball, the Lakers quickly switched defenses. Berstein was not stupid. He made a fake move, lowered his body and broke through. He easily passed the Lakers' Butler. It was so easy that he felt like Bart.
Has Le's physical ability declined after he recovered from injury? But no matter how much, if he has the opportunity to hit the basket at full speed, he will not be polite. This ball used to be...
That's a big block!!!!!!!!
Even though he was 208cm tall, the ball was blocked by a slap and flew away. It was heavy and loud, just like lighting a big firecracker and then exploding. The Lakers seemed to have expected this situation a long time ago,
So, almost as soon as the block was blocked, the whole team pushed out and quickly attacked the opponent's half-court. When Westbrook got the ball, the rebound +1, he immediately activated Westbrook's blitz attribute. In a few seconds
He took the ball across the half court, and then saw that no one on the opponent was coming to defend him, so he came up with an alley-oop. Covington behind him immediately took off and completed the alley-oop with a two-handed dunk!
Butler looked at the covered Davis Beilstein, and suddenly felt a little funny, and thought to himself:
Do you really think that your three-legged cat's breakthrough can break through my defense so easily? We deliberately let you break through and then score the basket under the basket, you know? You are from Europe, I think this IQ and
Golf dealers are not that good either.
Popovich was not in a hurry. He immediately changed his tactics on the sidelines. He just wanted to let the current overlord of the league know that three consecutive dynasties were nothing to him. Anyway, he had defeated it before. This kind of thing is
experienced.
Fame can't scare him.
On the webcast.
"Popovich changed his tactics. This is a wing-circling tactic. He replaced the 216cm big center Jacob Poeltl. This center is a white big center. He once won the best center award in the United States during the NCAA era.
. He has a relatively soft touch and a certain shooting ability. The key is that he also has athletic ability, which is something that ordinary white seven-footers do not have. But his rookie season did not go well with the Raptors.
What playing time, so the high pick has not yet fully demonstrated his potential. Let’s see how Popovich uses him. Popovich said before that he is very good and has great potential. If you train him, that is the lower limit.
Andrew Bogut, ceiling Pau Gasol.”
"It seems like this third-year student has some skills. Let's see if Popovich can turn stone into gold and turn rot into magic." After the two hosts said this, the Internet was full of hype. You have to know
Before the second Basketball Olympics in 2019, what was Popovich's image in China? He was simply the number one calculator, and he was given the nickname of Popovich. You have to know what level Zhuge Liang was in China. This
This kind of title is generally not given to people casually.
All of a sudden, the Internet was full of comments about how awesome this old man is. I believe in this old man, and I absolutely believe in his ability to control and train. As soon as Bobo comes out, it will be a masterpiece. Bobo Zhuge is the ultimate master of the Spurs. As long as Bobo is here,
The Spurs will never fail!
These remarks are familiar, right? It’s normal. If certain incidents hadn’t happened, Popovich would probably have always been this image in the minds of Chinese fans. But that’s because they are not in the league. If they were in the league, Tang Qian would be the first to
I felt that this old white man was a typical white hawk, not at all the imaginative, humorous and affable Mr. Bobo Zhuge that he had come across on the domestic Internet before.
You even have to know that because Tang Qian and Popovich had a fight, many Popovich fans blamed Tang Qian, thinking that Tang Qian must be too incompetent. The old man is old and still doesn’t know how to respect him.
The old loves the young. Please, respect the old and love the young. First of all, this is a traditional virtue in our country. In the United States, they don’t have it. Then you are adding drama to a hawkish old man you don’t know. Is it really okay?
.But fortunately this is competitive sports, not a fandom culture, so you only need results. If the results are hard enough, everything else is illusory. Or don't change people? That's great, you really think highly of your own coaching ability.
In this case, I will let your Bobo Zhuge hat be completely torn off.
Tianchao Sports Channel.
"Popovich played this tactic really well, and the tactics were set up in a timely manner. The defense against the Lakers' bottom line was not so strong, and he quickly launched a powerful attack. The execution of the Spurs players was also very good, oh, here comes the essence.
Oh, this ball is actually a cross.S screen from the center position, that is, Jakob Poeltl!!!!! This screen is very sudden, and as expected, it is in Popovich's hands, Jakob Poeltl
Ter’s growth is visible to the naked eye!”
Popovich: Of course, who am I? Mr. Popovich! As long as I put in my hard work, I can turn stone into gold. After too long, he himself may be addicted to being the number one head coach in the league.
in the halo.
"Mills of the Spurs immediately put the ball in at a 45-degree angle. The ball was caught by Davis Berstein, who turned around and shot!"
"Beautiful cross screen!!! The Lakers' defense is a little difficult to limit under this new rule. This ball... a block!!!!!!!!! Beautiful!!!!!!!!! Tang Qian
Blocked the shot!!!!!!!!! He is really the last guardian of the Los Angeles Purple and Gold Army with this ball!"
"Yes, no one can underestimate Tyrant's ability to protect the basket. This is a superstar."
The Lakers didn't talk nonsense at all and just pushed quickly. No matter how fast the Spurs shrank, after being blocked, it was still too late to retreat. This kind of failed offensive round is the easiest for the opponent to use the push to counterattack. Not to mention this year's Lakers
, but it’s not like before. Although Rondo is also an elite point guard and has been the assist leader for many times, his extreme quick push is not his strong point in modern times. Now that he has been replaced by Westbrook, he is really like a duck in water. The Lakers’ defensive counterattack
Whether it is speed, quality or frequency, he has directly become the first in the league.
Even if the Spurs occasionally retreat early and completely give up offensive rebounds, it doesn't matter.
Don’t you, Popovich, want to use role players to create tactics? We will play against you and we will play superstar ball!
Tang Qian serves as the pivot, giving it to Westbrook, George, and Butler, taking turns. Anyway, the current league offense has been greatly liberated. It has become commonplace for various superstars to duel in singles. In the past, illegal defense was relied on to play star singles.
Now we rely on the greatly improved three-point threat and body defense to play singles games. Anyway, there are policies from above and countermeasures from below. Singles based on the individual abilities of stars are still the mainstream when the collective cannot play.
Moreover, Tang Qian also knew very well that what this old man's system was most afraid of was this kind of superstar ball.
Never changed.
If you and he square off honestly and fight one tactical ball after another, the Lakers won't be able to take any advantage. This has to be admitted. Popovich still has a few tricks, but he has a GDP combination.
After twenty years of consistent coaching environment, we have never been able to win the defending championship. There is a reason. Because basketball is originally a product of the combination of individual performance and team performance.
Just one, they all have weaknesses. No matter how advanced you are in cultivation, it's the same.
The Spurs used Mills to make an emergency stop at the top of the arc, cut in quickly, and then threw it high to the center. They wanted to use the center as a pivot, but the ball was not hit at all. Tang Qian destroyed it directly for him. It was just the Lakers
The team didn't score the ball, and the outside shot was crooked. The Spurs came over with double screens in the top arc, and Belinelli passed through the double screens in the front and back, walked to the middle, and pulled away in the opposite direction. People on both sides quickly transferred, and then the strong side became weak.
Side, pass the ball to the center in the middle. The center gets the ball just as a transition point. After attracting it, he quickly passes it to DeRozan, who has already cut into the right baseline without the ball at the same time. The tactical execution of this ball is very good, but
that is……
Didn't hit it.
Tang Qian was like a ghost, running towards him and hitting the target with a spike board.
Then he landed directly and passed the ball with one hand in the backcourt. Westbrook took the lead and charged and dunked after getting the ball. The Spurs' home court suddenly dropped a decibel. After Tang Qian got a block and an assist, he looked at Pop
Vicky, needless to say the look, the key thing is that he also made a gesture of spreading his hands towards the latter. This means that your level is not that good. I didn't feel any difficulty at all. I even felt very bored.
Okay! You are completely different from Yao!!! Then I will let you know, this is the NBA, basketball is not played like you!
Popovich replaced all the main players and then deployed a series of tactical attacks.
For example, the triangle wood tactic + zipper interleaved movement.
For example, continuous multiple screens, reverse cuts without the ball, and sudden points at the basket.
For example, a single double screen, that is, the screener moves immediately after a false screen, usually moving to the other side and then receiving a real screen on the other side. This requires a good understanding and time difference between the ball handler and the screener.
.Then the rest of the team sink to the bottom to open up the attacking space in the middle.
But the Spurs really lack offensive power from the outside. If DeRozan and Aldridge can't hit three-pointers, it will be difficult to open up enough space. In addition, Dante Cunningham also hit three-pointers tonight and I feel bad tonight.
He didn't take the shot quickly enough, which allowed the Lakers' high-quality rotation defense to cause a low shooting percentage. In this case, only two of the Spurs' five starters could open the three-pointer. This made the defensive line invisible.
It's shrunk a lot.
In this way, the Spurs' offensive space will be smaller, and Tang Qian can better carry out continuous single defense and coverage in the low post.
A person's low-post defensive ability is simply demonstrated vividly.
What's the consequence of not pulling out No. 29 from the Lakers? That's it. Popovich paid a heavy price for his carelessness. In the entire third quarter, the Spurs only scored 9 points, which was a small ball all round.
The era is no longer the dark defensive era. To score like this in a single quarter and not be able to guard anyone means that they have already lost. The Lakers had four stars shining in a single quarter. Tang Qian was double-teamed to help defend. There was no problem at all.
Playing screen support, doing pivot defense, and Westbrook's crazy defensive counterattack, the score actually exploded to 58 points in a single quarter. At this time, he led by a full 49 points in a single quarter. Wait until Popovich thinks about it.
When it came time to play superstar ball, it was too late. The Spurs' momentum completely collapsed. They were slaughtered by the Lakers in one quarter.
Although Tang Qian only scored 20 points in the game, he only took 8 shots, plus a terrible 27 rebounds and 17 blocks, plus 14 assists. All of a sudden, he had a quadruple-double, directly integrating offense and defense.
The organization and conduct were also grasped, and he directly taught the San Antonio Spurs how to behave. The rest of the Big Three also scored a total of 73 points. In addition to the garbage time in the fourth quarter, the Lakers were still strong, with Wade and Rose scoring consecutively, and Gasol inside.
With support and support, Deron's outside organization, and Beverley's hard-fought game against DeRozan, the two newcomers Kuzma and Ingram also had their own gains. Although the Spurs also scored later, it didn't matter.
, if you are leading by so much, you can usually guarantee a score. If you are leading by a big score, if you still emphasize defense blindly, then the players themselves will be unhappy.
Of course, Larry Brown knew this problem, so he didn't care at all. He just sat on the sidelines and chatted with Tang Qian from time to time, and then just stared at the scene in a daze. This scene was even filmed by the reporters on the sidelines. It was very interesting to watch.
Very funny.
Someone posted a picture and said:
Winning is so boring.
It made many people laugh unconsciously in front of the screen.
Of course, Tang Qian also said publicly at the press conference after the game:
I accidentally got a 4-double. After all, it’s a one-man team. Is 20+27+17+14 still okay? By the way, ask Popovich of the Spurs. Then he will be interviewed by domestic reporters.
At that time, Tang Qian also said:
There is only one Zhuge Kongming in history, some old white drunkards might as well forget it.
You can't even touch the hair on the sides.
As for whether these words will offend many "old man honeys" in the country, that is not what Tang Qian wants to think about now.
With his current identity, status, and morale, Popovich is nothing. As long as he dares to provoke himself, then I don't mind bringing him down and making him regret it. In the NBA, players are the leaders in the end.
It's the core.
Old man, let’s forget it, and ask the old man to forget it from now on.
PS: Two plus one chapter is here. Xiaozi will not divide it into chapters during the Chinese New Year. Then we will continue tonight~~~~
I wish you all a happy New Year, happy New Year's Eve, good health, and family reunion~~~